Improvement in machines for leveling the staves in barrels



\1o all whom #may conecrt;

Be it known that we, EDWARD HoLMEsand- 4 Uterine STATES" antiarriiofinnexamines or 'man i r invern/rurali ni MAnmrs .Fon LEVELING rnigfs'rAvrsl'N'BAliiirft's; l

PATENT Frise.

New von-i -Y Specification forming part i" Letters Patent No. 80,489,dated luly 28,1868.

BRJTAI HOLMEs,of the cityof Beutfalo, county ot' Erie, and State. ofNewYork, haveinvented a certain new and Improved Cask-Leveling AMachine;and we do hereby declare that vthe following lis a full and exactdescription there of', reference being had. to the accom panying ldrawings, making apart ot this speciticatioin Figure I "is a sideelevation. Fig. ll is a transverse4 sectional elevation. ,top view.

rig- 1u is a The nature of this invention consists in levv cling casksand forcing or pressing them into the proper shape forchainl'ering,rcrozing, and howcling. by the application ot mechanicalpower..

- Letters oflike name and kndrefer to like' psrtsiu each ofthe figures lA represents astationary head-block, erected upon the ends of the bottomframe-timbers, A',

which support the whole machine. This headblock is braced and heldfirmly in an upright; position ,by means ot' the brackets a?, or otherequivalent device.

represents another head-block or driver, which is maileniovablc upon thetimbers Al,

. .in an upright position, those sidesofthe hendblochs which face eachotherbeingmade paral- `lel and at rightanges to the bottom timbers, A.

" C ,CQ represent; .lt-wo upright posts or walls, placed transversely.upon thetim bers A', asnilicient distance apart to contain the gearingor apparatus by means oi 'which the head-block Bis moved back anthforth.The tops of these' v upright postsare eomiected bya horizontal timber,c2.

DDYl)2 are screwsof large diameter, and having a thread sufficientlystrong for the work whiclrit is intended to perform. Oueend ofthese'ser'ews'is connected to the movable headl blocker driver Binsnchmanner that.'A though each screw may be allowed to revolve freely aroundits ovm axis, they cannot;` be discon.

nected longitudinally from the head-block or Upon the opposite driven bythe spur-wheel E'. "The screw D'is aloft screw, while the screws D andD2 are right screws. Consequently,whenever either one ofthe gear-wheelsis set in motion, all three will revolvejn anianner-to cause the screwsto operate c onjoint|y.-and thus movethe headblock ordriver H in thesamedirect'ion.

is supported in ahearing formed iipon the post.

`(1', and another upon the vertical metal |brace H.n The lower end ofthis brace is triangular,

andhas hearings l'orthe screws and gear-wheels.

l l( represent two loose pulleys, ahd J a friction-clutch between them,uponthe shat't G. The clutch is keyedto the shaft, and 'when not incontactwith either of the pulleys does not revolve. 4 One of the pulleysis revolved by any .convenient means or connection in one direction andthe other pulley in the opposite direction, and hence when the `clutchis brought into contact with one pulley it will revolve the gearing' 1*)E! Eiland operate the screws I) 1) D2 'in a manner to push thehcad-block or driver forward, andl when the clutch isbrought intocontact. with the other pulley it will revolve the gearing intheopposite direction, sc that thc screws-wi ll draw the head-blockordriverback,

or into its former position. Y

-K represents a clutclrbar, which restsiir -torked, and theclntch-barpasses-through said fork in a manner to retain the brace in a ver!'tical position.

Operation: ,supposingr the clutch-wheel J to be disconnected from eithero-t' the pulleys I I', and these pulleys revolving loosely upon theshaft; in different' or opposite directions, as

shown by the red arrows, the rearing and screws and headbloclr or driverB are consequently at'rest. Now the cask, the staves'of which `have beenplaced in position, and are securely held together by truss-hoops, andwhich are to'be leveled by this machine, is rolled between thetivohead-blocksek and B and placed Mo- 'tion is communicated toV thesegear-wheels by means of the pinion F upon the shaft G, whichv 'ftheattende tgon-cilitcli wlieeiJ, whereupon tbeshaft will in such nia-nner'that the screws reyolYe-and move the heod-bloek or driver B in adiri-otion the strives of the oask which ",leueled. By' mowing .thecinto postte direction, so es to bring the pnlieyl' into y eontaot'withthe-clnteh-wheel J, the motion of .A the whole trein 'ofwheele'aniieerews will be reand another substituted upon suitable ixedforadjustable rests orpins, lyubon theinrier faces of the heini-blocks.JWhen thus properly piocedin Aa'ieeel position nt mores the clutch-bar,'so'es to bring the pulley I into contact with thexfricrevolve rapidlyand set the gearing inmotion to `approach the stationary head-block.Thos project from the edge thereof will .be forced bank intoiinesriththe others nntil'the head enfle oii tige oasir areh-bar in the'opversed, end hence the heed-blocker driver'B drawn back. The oasi:meytlienheremoved mit! the operation re. newe.

.make .from oneside to the familiale-.and roli" them o when lieveied,upon theotherleido, thereh* labor and expense. i 4 A l. What we eininnasour invention to seeiire hy Letters Poteri t', ie-

.the combi nation wind arrawgement -ot' the heed-bleek A, movable drivenB, and its operating-screws D DDB, epuewlieels E EPE?, and

drivin g-pinionjF or their eqnivalentsyopernttherv v saving a greatamount of time and` In the construction of this machine itis not'necessary to errangeth'e several opemti ngparts `es. above deseribed,beoause the prineipie of' this inyention'is broad and eoveremore thanthe speeitie construction of the parts. Thus,A for instantie, eitheroneor both the heaidhloeks singt 'substantially es herein deeerioed. vEDWARD HOLMES.

y I BRETIN .HLME Witnesses:

"W, H. FORBUSH, 'EDWARD WiLHELM.

. y tney be mede mooble drivers, and level the

